Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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155. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme from €144 per month to €130 per month. [18004/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The cost of reducing the Drugs Payment Scheme from €144 per month to €130 per month is estimated to be in the region of €8m to €12m per annum. It should be noted that data is generally not available to the Health Service Executive (HSE) regarding family expenditure on drugs and medicines where the amounts are below €144 in a month and hence it is not possible to provide a more precise estimate.